For my first experience with the University of Louisville I was lucky enough to get to help out with the NCAA Women's basketball regional tournament. The teams in the tournament were Louisville, Maryland, Tennessee, and LSU. It was held at the KFC Yum! Center here in downtown Louisville. I was to wear khaki pants and they gave me an NCAA polo when I got there. My internship supervisor was not on site at that time but I was aware of that before arriving. I was part of an event team that was headed up by a graduate student, not unlike myself.
I was there to help out with operations for the day. It was an all day thing on the Sunday of the tournament. I got there early while the teams were scheduled to do shoot around but nobody decided to take advantage of that so it was pretty quiet early on. Once teams started showing up I escorted them to their respective locker rooms. Once teams were all on site I switched gears a bit and took on the role of some court side duties which included making sure the teams had enough towels on the bench, gathering up the dirty ones, taking the racks of balls on and off the court, and just making sure everyone had what they needed. It wasn't glamourous by any means but those are the things that need doing. Sometimes operations is doing the things that nobody notices but necessary things. I'm sure people would notice it they were not done.
This was a really cool first event experience. I have worked events before, don't get me wrong, but this was a much different kind of behind the scenes experience. When we weren't doing anything we got to watch the games court side so I can't complain about that!
I was there to help out with operations for the day. It was an all day thing on the Sunday of the tournament. I got there early while the teams were scheduled to do shoot around but nobody decided to take advantage of that so it was pretty quiet early on. Once teams started showing up I escorted them to their respective locker rooms. Once teams were all on site I switched gears a bit and took on the role of some court side duties which included making sure the teams had enough towels on the bench, gathering up the dirty ones, taking the racks of balls on and off the court, and just making sure everyone had what they needed. It wasn't glamourous by any means but those are the things that need doing. Sometimes operations is doing the things that nobody notices but necessary things. I'm sure people would notice it they were not done.
This was a really cool first event experience. I have worked events before, don't get me wrong, but this was a much different kind of behind the scenes experience. When we weren't doing anything we got to watch the games court side so I can't complain about that!